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LetMyPeopleVote

(173,911 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:40 PM Jan 2025

trump wants to raise the price of Ozempic and other medications from Denmark

I am taking Ozempic for type II diabetes.





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trump wants to raise the price of Ozempic and other medications from Denmark (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 OP
The same reason Putin said he invaded Ukraine. National security issues. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #1
"national security" is the new liebensraum bucolic_frolic Jan 2025 #2
It is a mystery, isn't it. Biophilic Jan 2025 #3
None of this was of any concern until the fucking asshole got selected. Initech Jan 2025 #4
The USA wasn't trying for World Domination Cha Jan 2025 #11
Cha bdamomma Jan 2025 #19
Oh yeah the Billionaires' Club for EGOS will Cha Jan 2025 #23
It is just getting weirder and weirder. Biophilic Jan 2025 #5
Maybe it's my imagination, but listened to Kamala's Carter eulogy, today, and swear allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #16
I watched bdamomma Jan 2025 #18
Putin no doubt wants Greenland and has sent his errand boy to go get it... hlthe2b Jan 2025 #6
More like he wants to legitimize his own grabs Crunchy Frog Jan 2025 #25
More than that: Culture, Money, Propaganda: Russia's Approach Toward Greenland and the Faroe Islands hlthe2b Jan 2025 #28
It will only hurt Americans. There is a sufficient world-wide market for these drugs that Denmark can hlthe2b Jan 2025 #7
That's what I was thinking. ananda Jan 2025 #30
Fuck you HOG Mump. Cha Jan 2025 #8
Let the finding out begin orangecrush Jan 2025 #9
didn't anyone tell him the price of a danish would go up? DoBW Jan 2025 #24
They just need to pay a bribe and will be exempted JI7 Jan 2025 #10
Always controversy, wherever he goes. Haggard Celine Jan 2025 #12
That's his main SOP to stay in the shitty MSM's spotlight zorbasd Jan 2025 #14
I take it also for the same reason. William769 Jan 2025 #13
Keep America Overweight to drive medical events. So much for lowering drug costs. TheBlackAdder Jan 2025 #15
The rich socialites can still afford it Johonny Jan 2025 #22
Insulin prices bdamomma Jan 2025 #17
Idiocracy underestimated future America Johonny Jan 2025 #20
The magats will cheer him on even if it injures them. It's a cult. spanone Jan 2025 #21
Yeah -- wondered about that. MAGAts probably use Ozembic, too. Typically, he never allegorical oracle Jan 2025 #31
Hoping this will hurt MAGAts more than it does the rest of us. Crunchy Frog Jan 2025 #26
Aren't most of these medications Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #27
How does he know about National Security issues? Sogo Jan 2025 #29
"National Security" means the Emperor wants it to be a part of his new Empire. With Canada and Mexico. Liberal In Texas Jan 2025 #32
trump's tariffs on Denmark are a bad idea LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #33
Won't raising the price on Ozempic hurt his MAGA base who are generally over weight? Jit423 Jan 2025 #34

Initech

(107,134 posts)
4. None of this was of any concern until the fucking asshole got selected.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:49 PM
Jan 2025

I'm contending again he wasn't elected, he was selected. All of this is totally fucking insane. I feel like I'm living in backwards bizarroland.

bdamomma

(69,128 posts)
19. Cha
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:01 PM
Jan 2025

it's really effed up isn't it??? But I think there will be a lot of infighting occurring Musk, Maga, Tech Bros, JD Vance and his handlers like Peter Thiel, and Vivek. Plus the felon's health is going to be a major concern, he's old.

Cha

(316,249 posts)
23. Oh yeah the Billionaires' Club for EGOS will
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:38 PM
Jan 2025

Exploding & Hopefully Imploding

Just Hoping for the Best since the majority in the USA voted for a Rapist, Traitor, Fascist Felon Idiot to be calling the shots.



Biophilic

(6,360 posts)
5. It is just getting weirder and weirder.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:49 PM
Jan 2025

Makes one really miss Joe Biden and the likes of Jimmy Carter. Such good men, and he is so bad in so many ways.

allegorical oracle

(6,107 posts)
16. Maybe it's my imagination, but listened to Kamala's Carter eulogy, today, and swear
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:45 PM
Jan 2025

she was aiming at TSF. She stressed Carter's goodness, how he didn't think of himself, but of others, how he strived to make the world better and more peaceful. How he grew up poor, but worked to make the country better for poor people. She had a serious expression -- but thought I saw a bit of twinkle in her eye.

bdamomma

(69,128 posts)
18. I watched
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:55 PM
Jan 2025

her too, and I kept thinking to myself, she should have been President. Bless President Carter, he was looking into the future regarding the environment and climate change. He was a remarkable man. Came from humble beginnings.

hlthe2b

(112,474 posts)
6. Putin no doubt wants Greenland and has sent his errand boy to go get it...
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:50 PM
Jan 2025


I can't say what I am feeling about this deranged monster right now, but...

hlthe2b

(112,474 posts)
28. More than that: Culture, Money, Propaganda: Russia's Approach Toward Greenland and the Faroe Islands
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:20 PM
Jan 2025
https://jamestown.org/program/culture-money-propaganda-russias-approach-toward-greenland-and-the-faroe-islands/

To carry out its grand strategy in the Arctic, Russia relies on eroding the positions of other regional players. Denmark, a fellow member of the Arctic Council, is seen by Moscow as a relatively easy target, since Copenhagen can only remain an official stakeholder as long as it maintains control over Greenland and the Faroe Islands (FI). In his 2010 book, Battle for the Arctic, Artur Indzhiev argues that “Greenland and the Faroe Islands could scramble the West’s plans in its struggle for Arctic resources… This could be used by Russia to obtain possession of Arctic treasures and deliver a blow to the unity of NATO [the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—of which Denmark is a member]…” Specifically he recommends that “Russia has to use the mounting tensions [between Denmark and its Arctic possessions] for its [Moscow’s] own benefit… [by weakening] the Danish claims. Second, we will pay them [the West] back in kind for their anti-Russian policy and support of the Chechen separatists [sic].”

Russia’s actual policies vis-à-vis Greenland and the Faroe Island are, in fact, more elaborate and far-reaching than even Indzhiev’s recommendations. And they are presently based on the following three pillars:

hlthe2b

(112,474 posts)
7. It will only hurt Americans. There is a sufficient world-wide market for these drugs that Denmark can
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:52 PM
Jan 2025

ignore the hell out of little "Trumpy's" tantrums.

ananda

(34,230 posts)
30. That's what I was thinking.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:26 PM
Jan 2025

Boy he's getting aggressive, against everyone
and everything.

He always was a snotty, mean little bastard,
but now he's a two-year old giant wanting
to rule the whole world.

Wait till the world strikes back... meaning,
when everything falls apart and people start
losing their money, getting sick, and dying...

orangecrush

(27,922 posts)
9. Let the finding out begin
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:54 PM
Jan 2025

Of course, if you are an oligarch you don't worry about prices. You arent going to die from not being able to afford a prescription.

Those who didn't vote for the asshole have my sympathy.

DoBW

(2,973 posts)
24. didn't anyone tell him the price of a danish would go up?
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:42 PM
Jan 2025

this would not make breakfast great again

JI7

(93,090 posts)
10. They just need to pay a bribe and will be exempted
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:55 PM
Jan 2025

it's him being a smart successful businessman as his dumbfuck suppporters will say.

Haggard Celine

(17,637 posts)
12. Always controversy, wherever he goes.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 05:00 PM
Jan 2025

But hey, at least he stays in the news, getting the attention he craves.

zorbasd

(511 posts)
14. That's his main SOP to stay in the shitty MSM's spotlight
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 05:05 PM
Jan 2025

24/7. Gaslighting America constantly.

Johonny

(25,211 posts)
22. The rich socialites can still afford it
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:06 PM
Jan 2025

It is America where only the wealthy can eat healthy and stay thin.

bdamomma

(69,128 posts)
17. Insulin prices
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 06:50 PM
Jan 2025

will go up too. After President Biden and his officials decreased it to $35.00.

allegorical oracle

(6,107 posts)
31. Yeah -- wondered about that. MAGAts probably use Ozembic, too. Typically, he never
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:47 PM
Jan 2025

considers that he's harming people. It's all about him.

 

Unladen Swallow

(491 posts)
27. Aren't most of these medications
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:19 PM
Jan 2025

way cheaper overseas, and cheap to actually make, but US pharmaceutical companies are upping the prices?

Sogo

(6,919 posts)
29. How does he know about National Security issues?
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 08:26 PM
Jan 2025

As I recall, he refused to receive national security briefings as a Pres. candidate. He's not President yet, and so it seems he still isn't receiving those briefings.

Lying liar....

Liberal In Texas

(15,903 posts)
32. "National Security" means the Emperor wants it to be a part of his new Empire. With Canada and Mexico.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:28 PM
Jan 2025

Jit423

(1,568 posts)
34. Won't raising the price on Ozempic hurt his MAGA base who are generally over weight?
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 01:51 AM
Jan 2025

"Who will rid us of this evil?"

Panama and Denmark are not ripping off the US. We get something we need and want from them through negotiation. The only entity that is ripping off America is the billionaire club based in Mar-a-largo and led by Musk.

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